Browsing ODA Open Digital Archive by Author "Solberg, Tore"
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Accuracy and agreement of national spine register data for 474 patients compared to corresponding electronic patient records
Alhaug, Ole Kristian; Kaur, Simran; Dolatowski, Filip C; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Solberg, Tore; Lønne, Greger (Springer;31, pages 801–811 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01-06)Purpose Data quality is essential for all types of research, including health registers. However, data quality is rarely reported. We aimed to assess the accuracy of data in a national spine register (NORspine) and its ... -
Anterior surgical treatment for cervical degenerative radiculopathy: A prediction model for non-success
Mjåset, Christer; Solberg, Tore; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Kolstad, Frode; Grotle, Margreth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Purpose By using data from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery, we wanted to develop and validate prediction models for non-success in patients operated with anterior surgical techniques for cervical degenerative ... -
Behandlingsrater for ryggkirurgi i Norge og Helse Nord 2014-18
Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Balteskard, Lise; Guldhaugen, Kristel Ailin; Kloster, Roar; Uleberg, Bård Erling; Grotle, Margreth; Solberg, Tore (Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-11-23)Bakgrunn: Formålet med denne studien var å undersøke om behandlingstilbudet innen ryggkirurgi i Helse Nord er i henhold til den vedtatte funksjonsfordelingen mellom sykehusene i regionen, og om det er geografisk variasjon ... -
Can a Successful Outcome After Surgery for Lumbar Disc Herniation Be Defined by the Oswestry Disability Index Raw Score?
Werner, David Andreas Thomas; Grotle, Margreth; Gulati, Sasha; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Madsbu, Mattis Aleksander; Lønne, Greger; Solberg, Tore (Global Spine Journal;Volume 10, issue 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Study Design: Prospective multicenter cohort study. Objective: To investigate (1) the discriminative ability and cutoff estimates for success 12 months after surgery for lumbar disc herniation on the Oswestry Disability ... -
Can we define success criteria for lumbar disc surgery? Estimates for a substantial amount of improvement in core outcome measures
Solberg, Tore; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Grotle, Margreth (Acta Orthopaedica;84(2), Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background and purpose: A successful outcome after lumbar discectomy indicates a substantial improvement. To use the cutoffs for minimal clinically important difference (MCID) as success criteria has a large potential bias, ... -
Cervical spine surgery in the Northern Norway Regional Health Authority area in 2014-18
Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Guldhaugen, Kristel Ailin; Kristiansen, Jon-André; Kloster, Roar; Grotle, Margreth; Solberg, Tore (Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening;Nr. 4 - Årgang 142, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-02-28)Background: Knowledge about the variation in treatment rates is needed to assess whether the access to health services is equitable. The objective of this study was to investigate the rates of surgical treatment of ... -
Clinical improvement after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy; A comparison of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures during 12-month follow-up
Mjåset, Christer; Zwart, John Anker Henrik; Kolstad, Frode; Solberg, Tore; Grotle, Margreth (PLOS ONE;17 (3): e0264954, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-08)Object: Although many patients report clinical improvement after surgery due to degenerative cervical myelopathy, the aim of intervention is to stop progression of spinal cord dysfunction. We wanted to provide estimates ... -
Comparable increases in dural sac area after three different posterior decompression techniques for lumbar spinal stenosis: radiological results from a randomized controlled trial in the NORDSTEN study
Hermansen, Erland; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hellum, Christian; Storheim, Kjersti; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Aaen, Jørn Ståle; Banitalebi, Hasan; Anvar, Masoud D; Rekeland, Frode; Brox, Jens Ivar; Franssen, Eric; Weber, Clemens; Solberg, Tore; Haug, Knut Jørgen; Grundnes, Oliver; Brisby, Helena; Indrekvam, Kari (European spine journal;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-18)Purpose: To investigate changes in dural sac area after three different posterior decompression techniques in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis. Summary of background data: Decompression of the ... -
Complications, reoperations, readmissions, and length of hospital stay in 34 639 surgical cases of lumbar disc herniation
Fjeld, Olaf Randall; Grøvle, Lars; Helgeland, Jon; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Solberg, Tore; Zwart, John-Anker; Grotle, Margreth (The Bone & Joint Journal;Volume 101-B, Issue 4 / April 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-03-31)Aims The aims of this study were to determine the rates of surgical complications, reoperations, and readmissions following herniated lumbar disc surgery, and to investigate the impact of sociodemographic factors and ... -
Criteria for success after surgery for cervical radiculopathy—estimates for a substantial amount of improvement in core outcome measures
Mjåset, Christer; Zwart, John-Anker; Goedmakers, Caroline M.W.; Smith, Timothy R.; Solberg, Tore; Grotle, Margreth (The Spine Journal;Volume 20, Issue 9, September 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-06-02)Background context: Defining clinically meaningful success criteria from patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is crucial for clinical audits, research and decision-making. Purpose: We aimed to define criteria for a ... -
Decompression alone or with fusion for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis (Nordsten-DS): five year follow-up of a randomised, multicentre, non-inferiority trial
Kgomotso, Eric Loratang; Hellum, Christian; Fagerland, Morten; Solberg, Tore; Brox, Jens Ivar; Storheim, Kjersti; Hermansen, Erland; Franssen, Eric; Weber, Clemens; Brisby, Helena; Algaard, Knut Robert Hector; Furunes, Håvard; Banitalebi, Hasan; Ljøstad, Inger; Indrekvam, Kari; Austevoll, Ivar Magne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Objective: To assess whether decompression alone is non-inferior to decompression with instrumented fusion five years after primary surgery in patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis. Design: Five year follow-up ... -
Decompression alone versusdecompression with instrumental fusionthe NORDSTEN degenerativespondylolisthesis trial (NORDSTEN-DS);study protocol for a randomized controlledtrial
Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hermansen, Erland; Fagerland, Morten; Rekeland, Frode; Solberg, Tore; Storheim, Kjersti; Brox, Jens Ivar; Lønne, Greger; Indrekvam, Kari; Aaen, Jørn; Grundnes, Oliver; Hellum, Christian (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders;20:07, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-18)Background Fusion in addition to decompression has become the standard treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis with degenerative spondylolisthesis (DS). The evidence for performing fusion among these patients is conflicting ... -
Decompression with or without Fusion in Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Hermansen, Erland; Fagerland, Morten Wang; Storheim, Kjersti; Brox, Jens Ivar; Solberg, Tore; Rekeland, Frode; Franssen, Eric; Weber, Clemens; Brisby, Helena; Grundnes, Oliver; Algaard, Knut; Bøker, Tordis; Banitalebi, Hasan; Indrekvam, Kari; Hellum, Christian (New England Journal of Medicine;Vol. 385, No. 6, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-05)Background: In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis and degenerative spondylolisthesis, it is uncertain whether decompression surgery alone is noninferior to decompression with instrumented fusion. Methods: We conducted ... -
Evaluation of the EQ-5D-3L and 5L versions in low back pain patients
Garratt, Andrew; Furunes, Håvard; Hellum, Christian; Solberg, Tore; Brox, Jens Ivar; Storheim, Kjersti; Johnsen, Lars Gunnar (Health and Quality of Life Outcomes;19:155, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-28)Background: The EuroQol EQ-5D is one of the most widely researched and applied patient-reported outcome measures worldwide. The original EQ-5D-3L and more recent EQ-5D-5L include three and five response categories respectively. ... -
Follow-up score, change score or percentage change score for determining clinical important outcome following surgery? An observational study from the Norwegian registry for Spine surgery evaluating patient reported outcome measures in lumbar spinal stenosis and lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis
Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Gjestad, Rolf; Grotle, Margreth; Solberg, Tore; Brox, Jens Ivar; Hermansen, Erland; Rekeland, Frode; Indrekvam, Kari; Storheim, Kjersti; Hellum, Christian (BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders;20(31), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Assessment of outcomes for spinal surgeries is challenging, and an ideal measurement that reflects all aspects of importance for the patients does not exist. Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), EuroQol (EQ-5D) and Numeric ... -
Lumbar spine surgery across 15 years: Trends, complications and reoperations in a longitudinal observational study from Norway
Grotle, Margreth; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Fjeld, Olaf Randall; Grøvle, Lars; Helgeland, Jon; Storheim, Kjersti; Solberg, Tore; Zwart, John-Anker (BMJ Open;Volume 9, Issue 8, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-06-25)Background: Studies from different Western countries have reported a rapid increase in spinal surgery rates, an increase that exceeds by far the growing incidence rates of spinal disorders in the general population. There ... -
The Norwegian degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis (NORDSTEN) study: study overview, organization structure and study population
Indrekvam, Kari; Bånerud, Ingrid Fjeldheim; Hermansen, Erland; Austevoll, Ivar Magne; Rekeland, Frode Gurvin; Guddal, Maren Hjelle; Solberg, Tore; Brox, Jens Ivar; Hellum, Christian; Storheim, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Purpose To provide an overview of the The Norwegian Degenerative spondylolisthesis and spinal stenosis (NORDSTEN)- study and the organizational structure, and to evaluate the study population. Methods The NORDSTEN is a ... -
A prognostic model for failure and worsening after lumbar microdiscectomy: a multicenter study from the Norwegian Registry for Spine Surgery
Werner, David Andreas Thomas; Grotle, Margreth; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Gulati, Sasha; Nygaard, Øystein Petter; Salvesen, Øyvind; Ingebrigtsen, Tor; Solberg, Tore (Acta Neurochirurgica;163, pages (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-10)Objective: To develop a prognostic model for failure and worsening 1 year after surgery for lumbar disc herniation. Methods: This multicenter cohort study included 11,081 patients operated with lumbar microdiscectomy, ... -
Public and private health service in Norway: a comparison of patient characteristics and surgery criteria for patients with nerve root affections due to discus herniation
Grotle, Margreth; Solberg, Tore; Storheim, Kjersti; Lærum, Even; Zwart, John-Anker (Peer reviewed; Journal article; Journal article, 2014)Purpose To compare sociodemographic, life style and clinical characteristics in patients operated for lumbar disc herniation in public and private clinics in Norway, and evaluate whether selection for surgery and surgical ... -
The rates of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery in Norwegian public hospitals: a threefold increase from 1999 to 2013
Grøvle, Lars; Fjeld, Olaf Randall; Haugen, Anne Julsrud; Helgeland, Jon; Småstuen, Milada Cvancarova; Solberg, Tore; Zwart, John-Anker; Grotle, Margreth (Spine;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-01)Study Design: Retrospective administrative database study. Objective: To assess temporal and regional trends, and length of hospital stay, in lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) surgery in Norwegian public hospitals from 1999 ...